Hiker finds footprints and hears communicating sounds
Account
The witness traveled to woods near Eagle Lake to camp overnight and listen for unusual sounds. In the afternoon he found elongated foot-like impressions, including one 12-inch print with four toes. After dark from a tree stand he heard repeated wood-on-wood strikes, a tree falling without cracking, footsteps uphill out of sight, and prolonged human-like hooting from multiple directions, followed by hours of silence. He left on foot around 3 a.m. without further incident.
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| Date |
28 September 1998
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|---|---|
| Time of day |
Between 4:00 p.m. and 3:00 a.m.
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| Place |
Essex County, New York
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| Map point |
44.1096, -73.7784 (± 40 km)
Census 2023 Gazetteer centroid of Essex County (GEOID 36031); the report gives only the county
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| Account type |
First-hand
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| Witnesses |
1
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| Witness was |
camping overnight in a tree stand to record noises
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| Source classification |
Class B
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Evidence & investigation
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Elongated impressions in leaves and one clearer human-like print in bare soil with four visible toes
Measurements: about 12 inches long and 7 inches wide at ball, 3 1/2 inches at heel
Source timeline
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BFRO report #1523 Primary
The report refers to
- “a sighting in Ticonderoga”Not in the Anomadex yet